I believe that Seal Six that is opened
by Jesus in chapter six of the Book of
Revelation is the overview of the
destruction of the Babylon described in detail
in chapters 17 and 18. More detail about
Babylon's destruction is also described in
chapters 50 and 51 of the Book of Jeremiah. In
this article I'll describe the destruction of
Babylon and the attributes of both the
Antichrist and the False Prophet, since verses
about these two people are included in the
verses that discuss Babylon's destruction.

God's Assessment of Babylon

In the Book of Revelation, at the end of the
Tribulation, after the last judgment on the
unsaved and rebellious people of the earth has
been completed by God, He sends one of His holy
angels to describe to the Apostle John many
sinful attributes of Babylon and His judgment
upon this nation. The following verses from
Revelation chapter 17 describe this great nation
and God's judgment upon it because of the evil
influences it has upon the nations and peoples
of the world and the heinous acts it commits
against the saints of God. Before the
Tribulation even begins, it influences much of
the world with its religion of self-fulfillment
and self-indulgence and it's contempt for Jesus
Christ, the Holy Bible and His people. The
sinful actions of Babylon are being carried out
long before the beginning of the Tribulation;
during the Tribulation, its evil increases
dramatically and much of its evil is directed
towards Christians.

Revelation 17:1 And
there came one of the seven angels that had
the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying,
Come hither, I will show thee the judgment
of the great harlot that sitteth upon many
waters;

The holy angel is ready to explain in detail
God's judgment and destruction of Babylon which
he calls a harlot. Now a harlot is a woman
that entices one away from a pure relationship
between a man and his wife. A harlot is
outwardly pretty and exciting, but aims to
seduce a man to abandon his wife and to commit
adultery. Prophetically, a harlot religion
draws a person away from devotion and service to
the one true God into a life of false worship
and ultimately to destruction of the
person. Babylon is a "great" harlot that
leads all of the people of the nations of the
world away from following the one true God,
Jesus Christ. The waters are the nations
of the world and Babylon sits on or controls
most of these countries and entices their people
to follow her way of living.

Revelation 17:2 with
whom the kings of the earth committed
fornication, and they that dwell in the
earth were made drunken with the wine of her
fornication.

By the beginning of the Tribulation the
presidents of many of the nations of the world
will have abandoned their religion, whatever it
may be. They have been told by Babylon
what is important and what they should be doing
to direct the way that their people should
live. Babylon's religion is freedom and
self-fulfillment of the individual to do
whatever they want to do. The presidents
of the world have seen Babylon's religion in
action and it seems to work--at least in terms
of having exciting personal experiences,
acquiring fame, fortune and material
things.

The very worst fornication is to completely
abandon the service for and the worship of
Almighty God. The drunkenness is
the aimless wandering trying to find fulfillment
which never happens with a false religion.
Real and lasting fulfillment can only come by
repenting of evil in one's life and loving and
serving Jesus Christ. The wine is
the results of applying Babylon's philosophy of
living to the way most of the world's people
live their lives. The eventual result is
blood, the red wine, that will flow because of
following her evil ways. The blood will be
the blood of Christians and the blood of those
gentiles that Jesus will save during the first
half of the Tribulation. The blood that
will flow during the second half of the
Tribulation will be the blood of the enemies of
God because He will destroy the unrepentant
during the Day of
The Lord -- His judgments that will take
the lives of all of the unsaved.

The fornication of Babylon is heard
everywhere: on the TV, through talk shows,
through commercials, through the Internet,
through books, videos and movies. It is a
religion of the fulfillment of self and of
materialism and of turning your back on
God. Here are a few of the messages heard
from Babylon:

The Bible and its stories are myths.

There is hate material in the Bible.

Christians are foolish for believing there is
a God.

Evangelicals are radicals and are plotting
subversive activities; they want to destroy the
world through Armageddon.

Your self image is very
important. You need to act and dress
the part of a "beautiful" person.

You need to lose weight if your
are overweight .

You need to apply lotions to clear
up any acne that you might have and
take tanning sessions to further
beautify your skin.

Personal success should be your
goal in life. You must be all you can be;
you must try harder whether it be in sports,
music, academics, or business.

You must be as healthy as
possible. You should eat the right
foods in the proper amounts.

You must avoid using tobacco and
only drink alcohol in moderation.

The use of marijuana might be
okay; most use it anyway.

You must regularly exercise to
work out all muscle groups.

You must plan for your
retirement. If you do, you can really
enjoy yourself with your leisure time.

You must buy a new car often and
it should have a great stereo system.

You should have a financial
adviser to help you make the most of your
investments.

You should practice yoga so you
can have peace within yourself.

Evolution, evolution,
evolution. You constantly hear it
preached on the TV and on the Internet and
in textbooks in our high schools and in our
colleges. I guess if you say it
enough, it must be true. Many people
of the world believe that evolution is true,
contradicting the fact that about 6,000
years ago God created every galaxy, star and
planet in the universe, every animal of the
sea, field and sky, every tree, grass and
plant and all humankind.

The universe and the earth were
created billions of year ago by the "big
bang." The Universe was not created by God,
it just happened.

You must enjoy yourself now,
because your seventy plus years are all you
will ever have. Eat, drink and be
merry for tomorrow you die.

You need to acquire luxurious
items such as diamonds and gold jewelry,
install granite counter tops in your kitchen
and teak flooring in your home. If you
can afford these items, you are "successful"
in life and you will be admired by your
co-workers, friends and neighbors.

Ads, Ads, Ads. Have you
noticed that you not only get advertisements
for two minutes between segments of a TV
program, but you also get ads in the middle
of a conversation or news or sports
program? You get ads even when you
play a DVD movie.

Now the healthful living messages are okay to
follow for the Christian. However, if you do
not follow up your exercise and healthy nutrition
with a love for and service to God, then they buy
you nothing in terms of your spiritual
growth. What did the Apostle Paul say about
exercise? He said we should fight the good
fight, we should finish the race.
The race he is talking about is not a boxing match
or a race in the Olympics, but is the effort we
exert to serve God and to obey Him while we are
tested during our time on the earth. There are
other references to sport and exercise from Paul;
do a search through your Bible to find these
verses. He uses these ideas of sport to
direct us towards our ultimate goal: to fellowship
with and to serve God. For the Christian, exercise
and proper nutrition are not an end in themselves
but they only help us to serve Jesus Christ.
There are several verses in the Bible regarding
the use of food. You can search the
scriptures to see what the Bible has to say about
this subject.

The drunkenness mentioned is the never
ending quest to acquire things. Once you buy
something that is beautiful or exciting you want
even more; this lust for things never ends--you
cannot be satisfied with what you have.
These things that you must acquire have become
your idols. The Apostle
John counsels us: I
John 5:21 Little children, guard
yourselves from idols. We need to evaluate
ourselves to determine if we have let
pursuing material things and personal
experiences and status lessen our devotion
to God. We need to repent if anyone
but God is on the throne of our lives;
anything or anyone we place ahead of God
is an idol.

Revelation
17:3 And he carried me away in the Spirit
into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting
upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names
of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
horns.

A wilderness is a place that is hostile to human
life. It could be a desert, a jungle or a
place like Antarctica. For the spiritual
aspect of a person, it is a place or situation
that takes them away from the influence of
God. There will be lack of spiritual
refreshment of a person such as by prayer, Bible
study and fellowship and service to God.
The blasphemy is initiated by Babylon and is its
openly disrespecting God and His holy word, the
Bible.

During the Tribulation, Babylon controls a ten
nation confederation out of the European Union
that is also evil. We'll discuss later the
meaning of the seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:4 And the
woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and
decked with gold and precious stone and
pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full
of abominations, even the unclean things of
her fornication,

The woman, the nation of Babylon will be
outwardly glorious in appearance. Babylon
will have the most grand and glorious cities,
the finest theaters and shopping centers, a
strongly equipped and highly trained military,
grand arenas and sports complexes, the best and
brightest teachers in her universities, the
world's best doctors and hospitals, the most
beautiful and breath taking national
parks. It is the place you want to live
in. Now the dark side: she holds a
cup that is outwardly beautiful, but contains
many evil things including the rejection of God
and the Holy Bible, it preaches the worship of
materialism, the adoration of Antichrist and the
persecution and murder of many of Christ's
followers, the Main Harvest Christians.

Revelation 17:5 and
upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

The mystery of Babylon has been
revealed in these last days of the Church
Age. As God has revealed to His faithful
the meanings of the verses of Daniel, Revelation
and other prophetic books of the Bible, we now
understand this mystery: it is a powerful
nation that greatly influences all of the
nations of the world. It is forcing it's
beliefs on the rest of the world and before the
Tribulation begins, its ideas are now being
presented to us in even more vitriolic words
against Almighty God through the various
media. During the Tribulation, it will
enforce its beliefs by intimidation by its
powerful economic and military might. The
harlots are the false religions of the
world and the worst harlot is the end time
Babylon which preaches materialism and self
gratification. The abominations are
hate that exists for all the things of God
including the Holy Bible, hate for truth and
wisdom and hate for God's people, His saints.

Revelation 17:6 And I
saw the woman drunken with the blood of the
saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of
Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a
great wonder.

There are two types of people mentioned in this
verse: the saints--these are the Main
Harvest Christians that were left behind to be
tested for 3 1/2 years by Antichrist and the martyrs--these
are the Gentile believers in Jesus Christ that
will be called and saved by Him during the first
half of the Tribulation. Both groups of
believers will be persecuted for the first half
of the Tribulation. When the first half of
the Tribulation is almost complete, many of
these will be murdered by Babylon as well as by
the other nations of the world. This
persecution is described in Seal Five.

The Apostle John's wonder refers back
to Rev. 17:4. Outwardly Babylon is very
beautiful and does great things for those people
that follow her religion of materialism.
He also wonders--actually is overwhelmed and
shocked by the evil that is inflicted upon God's
people by Babylon. The prophet Habakkuk is
also perplexed by the suffering inflicted upon
Main Harvest Christians described in the Book of Habakkuk.

Revelation 17:7 And the
angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou
wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the
woman, and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and the ten
horns.

A mystery is an idea or truth that is
included in Biblical verses, but is not
understandable until God reveals it to us.
In these last days of the Church age, God is now
revealing to any Christians that are interested
in studying the Bible, many of the
mysteries that are included in prophetic books
of the Bible including the Book of
Revelation. I'm sorry to say, but most
Christians are clueless regarding prophecy
described in the Holy Bible. It's sad, but
many Christians of today are listening to the
message they are hearing from Babylon and are
participating in some measure with the
materialism of Babylon.

Revelation 17:8 The
beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
is about to come up out of the abyss, and to
go into perdition. And they that dwell on
the earth shall wonder, [they] whose name
hath not been written in the book of
life from the foundation of the world, when
they behold the beast, how that he was, and
is not, and shall come.

The word beast is used in two aspects:
as an evil kingdom or nation and as the ruler or
king of that nation. This beast is
Antichrist and the beast that comes out of the
abyss is a group of nations that arises, or is
resurrected, in the latter days out of Europe
where the original Roman empire existed.
This verse simply states that those people of
the earth that are unsaved will see the
Antichrist rise to be the most powerful person
on the planet and wonder about "who is this
powerful man" and they shall wonder about what
is going to happen to them, given the
catastrophic events that happen just before and
into the Tribulation.

The Antichrist was at one time a powerful ruler
in the world, but left the limelight for some
number of years and then will reappear when the
world is in various forms of turmoil including
economic, political, environmental and military
conflict. He will suddenly appear on the
world stage and seem to have the solution to
many of the world's problems. He will not
be a Hitler or Stalin type of person, but will
be highly respected and even admired by the
nations of the world and their leaders. He
is very bright and his advice he gives to the
presidents of the world nations will make a lot
of sense to them.

Revelation 17:9 Here is
the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads
are seven mountains, on which the woman
sitteth:

The woman mentioned here is the political component
of Babylon and she controls these seven
mountains or nations during the first half of
the Tribulation. She sits on or rides them
like a cowboy would ride and control a
horse. She sits on them or controls them
through her military and economic might so these
seven nations will do exactly what she forces
them to do. Babylon controls them like a
king who sits on and controls his nation and
other nations he conquers from his throne.

There are some prophecy writers that assert that
these seven mountains are the seven mountains on
which the city of Rome is built. They
include: the Aventine Hill, the Palatine
Hill, the Capitoline Hill, the Quirinal
Hill, the Viminal Hill, the Esquiline
Hill and the Caelian Hill. In
ancient days, the city was surrounded by the Servian
Wall. The ancient city of Rome was
located on the eastern side of the Tiber
River. An eighth hill nearby is the Vatican
hill which is located on the west side of
the Tiber river. There are many articles
you can read on the Web that describe the seven
hills of Rome and the Vatican.
Some authors state in their writings that the
Catholic Church under the Pope will be
controlling the nations of the world during the
Tribulation and is thus the Religious Babylon of
Revelation with the Pope being the False
Prophet. This I am not sure of. I
know that the less faithful members of the
Catholic Church will be left behind along with
the less faithful of the Protestant Church and
the less faithful of the mega-TV-church
(Laodicea), so I am having some trouble equating
the Catholic Church with the religious component
of Babylon, especially since many members of
this church will prove to be very faithful
during the first half of the Tribulation.
Since the False Prophet does arise out of some
religious system, it remains to be seen who he
will turn out to be and it may surprise us when
we find out who he actually is.

Who are the ten horns? Well, a horn
indicates the rule of a king (or president) over
a nation. Thus, there are ten presidents
that come under the rule of Antichrist at the
beginning of the Tribulation. He will tell
these ten nations that he is in charge and that
he wants them to obey whatever he commands them
to do. Seven of these countries presidents
will say "yes" to Antichrist when he says to
obey him and three will say "no" and not agree
to obey him.

Revelation
17:10 and they are seven kings; the five are
fallen, the one is, the other is not yet
come; and when he cometh, he must continue a
little while.

This verse elaborates on the seven
mountains. The seven kings/nations are the
leading military nations that have conquered
much of the world during human history since the
time of Noah's flood and include: Egypt,
Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and
Babylon. These first five kingdoms have
come into existence and their rule has
completed; they are the fallen.
They still exist today, but do not control the
world after their rule was over; now they only
control their own nation. As of the time
that John wrote the Book of Revelation, Rome was
in existence and this is the nation: "the one
is". The "other" that is "not yet
come" is the nation of end-times Babylon that
will arise in the time before the beginning of
the Tribulation. As of today, the
7th king has not yet arisen to power. This
is the he, the Antichrist, and he will
control the world for a "little time", i.e., the
world for seven years and rule Babylon for 3
1/2.

Revelation 17:11 And
the beast that was, and is not, is himself
also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he
goeth into perdition.

This verse contains much information about
Antichrist, the beast. At one time in the
past, he was the leader of the new Babylon: and
is of the seven. As the Tribulation
begins, he will have a leading role in the
politics of the world, controlling Babylon: is
himself also an eighth. The eighth,
Antichrist,will also be controlling
the resurrected Roman empire out of the ten
nations of the European Union. The
perdition mentioned is his eventual
destruction; happening at the very end of the
Tribulation when Jesus returns as King of the
world.
While we're discussing the Antichrist, who
is his accomplice in evil, the False
Prophet? Listed here are several
verses that describe the False Prophet, and
we'll try to understand this man who leads
the worship of Antichrist during the
Tribulation.

Revelation 13:11
And I saw another beast coming up out of
the earth; and he had two horns like
unto lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

The False Prophet will not sound like a
"dragon" would sound with a loud growl and
flames pouring from his mouth, but he will
have the authority to accomplish whatever he
wants accomplished and his authority is
absolute because the Antichrist has
given some of his power to the False
Prophet. The two horns are not literal
horns, but he has the persona of gentleness
like a real lamb would have--completely
innocent in appearance. He will
be outwardly friendly and very interested in
people. Inwardly, he is evil and hates
all Christians and all other followers of
Christ. The earth represents the
religions of the world so the False Prophet
will most likely arise out of a
conglomeration of all religions of the
world. This "religion" will be the
only one that will be authorized by the
False Prophet and all other religions will
be told to disband in their current worship
and to follow the directions of the False
Prophet.

Revelation 13:12
And he exerciseth all the authority of
the first beast in his sight. And he
maketh the earth and them dwell therein
to worship the first beast, whose
death-stroke was healed.

Antichrist has given the False Prophet
free-rein over controlling the one-world
religion. If you do worship and
serve Antichrist, you will be taken care
of--at least you will be able to buy and
sell goods, foods and services. If you
don't, you will be rounded up and placed in
detention camps and then persecuted.

The death-stroke refers to Antichrist.
He received a mortal head wound (Rev 13:14)
and the wound is now healed. It will
be presented to the world as a kind of
resurrection, mimicking the resurrection of
Jesus Christ, almost 2,000 years ago.
It will be a miracle, so Antichrist must be
"god". Antichrist's resurrection will
be at the beginning of the Tribulation.

Revelation 13:13
And he doeth great signs, that he should
even make fire to come down out of
heaven upon the earth in the sight of
men.

The False Prophet will seem to perform a
miracle like Elijah did in the old Testament
era when he challenged the priests of Baal
to a contest. The challenge was to
send fire down from their god and burn up
the sacrifice of a bull and whichever did
so, much be the one and true god.
Baal's priests accepted the challenge and
they prayed and prayed to Baal, but nothing
happened. Elijah then prayed for God
to send fire down from Heaven to destroy the
sacrifice and He did; Jehovah's sacrifice
was completely consumed by fire. The
"god" Baal did nothing; he must have gone on
vacation. We know that Elijah then had
all of the priests of Baal killed. The
verses are given in I Kings, chapter
18.

The False Prophet will have the TV channels
and Internet websites ready to view the fire
and it will come down from heaven and
destroy something (we are not told what this
is) at the time he specified. All the
nations of the world will view the
destruction caused by the fire and believe
every word the False Prophet says from then
on. The other signs we can only
image. I wonder if they will somehow
emulate any other of the miracles that God
performed in the Old Testament?

Revelation 13:14
And he deceiveth them that dwell on the
earth by reason of the signs which it
was given him to do in the sight of the
beast; saying to them that dwell on the
earth, that they should make an image to
the beast who hath the stroke of the
sword and lived.

The sword mentioned in this verse
is the Greek word: dirk. This
is a short weapon more like a small knife
than a sword. We believe that it is a
bullet that hit and severely wounded
Antichrist at some point in the past.
He was badly hurt, but actually survived
dying. He is still alive today.

The "signs" are seeming miracles that no
other person has ever done and Antichrist
will be right there when the False Prophet
(FP) performs these miracles. The FP
will say something like: "Look at the power
of our leader. You need to worship and
adore him. You need to worship him
whenever you see his speeches on your
TV." The enforcement of this worship
will be mandatory at mid-Tribulation.

Revelation 13:15
And it was given [unto him] to give
breath to it, [even] to the image to the
breast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as
many as should not worship the image of
the beast should be killed.

This is the Apostle John speaking, using the
words of the first century to describe
events during the Tribulation. He
would be totally amazed at our display
technologies of today including the TV,
computer screens and even giant screens such
as in sporting arenas. The image will
be displayed on a large screen that is setup
at the temple in Jerusalem, on the temple
mount. The worship means
viewing, believing and then obeying whatever
the Antichrist, the beast, is saying in his
speeches. If they don't do this, they
will be rounded up and murdered.

Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, the small and the
great, and the rich and the poor, and
the free and the bond, that there be
given them a mark on their right hand,
or upon their forehead;

Perhaps the "voluntary" worship of
Antichrist has not been very effective at
the beginning of the Tribulation and at
mid-Tribulation the worship is
enforced. This will be effected
by an implant of a small computer chip in
the forehead or right hand of the people of
the world. The FP will know where you
are and what you do because he will track
your information via the airwaves, just like
when you send/receive messages via your cell
phone or hand-held device or navigate via a
GPS. Every one on the planet will be
required to have this implant, rich or poor,
important or not. This will include
even those that live in primitive areas of
the world including the deserts and the
jungles.

Revelation 13:17
and that no man should be able to buy or
to sell, save he that hath the mark,
[even] the name of the beast or the
number of his name.

To buy or sell anything, both the people and
the companies of the world will be required
to have an identifying number assigned to
them. Thus, you will not be able to
eat, work, get medical attention or have a
place to live, because this mark will be
needed to do any kind of financial
transaction. This technology will be
implemented at mid-Tribulation, so the
Christians left behind to be tested during
the first half of the Tribulation will
not have this chip implanted on their
forehead or right hand because they will be
taken to Heaven in the Main Harvest Rapture
at mid-Tribulation. Information
gathered from the actions of the people with
this implant will stored in computer
networks and databases. The most
likely place for the database will be
somewhere in the European Union.

Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. He that hath
understanding, let him count the number
of the beast; for it is the number of a
man: and his number is Six hundred and
sixty and six.

I'll not elaborate on the mark of the beast,
the number 666. Many Bible scholars
believe that this is some form of the
Universal Product Code (UPC). The
number of the beast, Antichrist, is his authority
to use the 666 numbers to control the
people of the world, the companies of the
world and the governments of the
world. Do a search for UPC/666 and see
what authors are saying about the mark of
the beast. The computer chip
technology is already here and could be
rapidly implemented once several billion
chips are manufactured.

Nations that
Antichrist will control

Here are verses from the Old Testament
that describe the nations that
Antichrist will control:

Daniel 7:23-24 Thus he said, The
fourth beast shall be a fourth
kingdom upon earth, which shall
be diverse from all the
kingdoms, and shall devour the
whole earth, and shall tread it
down, and break it in pieces. And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall
ten kings
arise: and
another shall
arise after
them; and he
shall be
diverse from
the former,
and he shall
put down three
kings.
The Four
Beasts out of the Sea
article describes four kingdoms
or nations that are
prophetically important in the
years just before and into the
great Tribulation. They
include The Lion--Great
Britain. For several hundred
years before 1900 was the
mightiest nation in the world;
The Bear--the Soviet
Union then Russia, which rises
to power in the 20th century and
brings several nations under its
control in Eastern Europe; The Leopard--Egypt,
which is economically very
powerful early in the
Tribulation and includes the
nations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Jordan and Iraq; and The
Revived Roman Empire:
The European Union, which
will be one of the most powerful
nations in the Tribulation and
is the Fourth Kingdom
mentioned in this verse from
Daniel. The European Union
(EU) as of 2013 has 27 member
nations. Out of the EU
arises the ten nations that are the
most powerful in Europe.
Possibilities for these ten
include: England, France, Spain,
Portugal, Italy, Greece, Poland,
Sweden, Denmark and Germany.

There will be ten kings (or
presidents) of these nations and
they will also be
powerful. As the
Tribulation begins, the 11th
king shall arise--this will be
the Antichrist. He will be
the president of Babylon and it
will have dominance over these
ten nations of the EU. He
approaches the ten presidents of
these nations and commands them
to follow his directives.
Seven say yes and three
say no to his
leadership. Antichrist
will remove from office these
three presidents and install
three that will follow his
direction. With Antichrist
leading Babylon and the Ten
nations of Europe, the whole
world will be listening to and
following the commands of
Antichrist.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak
words against the Most High, and
shall wear out the saints of the
Most High; and he shall think to
change the times and the law;
and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and
half a time.

The Antichrist will insult Almighty God by
saying publicly that He does not
exist. Antichrist will also insult God
by moving Main Harvest Christians into
detention camps across the world and
literally working them to death. After
they are worn out from this hard work, they
are no value to him and then he murders
them, most likely by guillotine. This
persecution and hard work will last for the
first half of the Tribulation: 3 1/2 years.

Back to Revelation, chapter 17:

Revelation
17:12 And the ten horns that thou sawest are
ten kings, who have received no kingdom as
yet; but they receive authority as kings,
with the beast, for one hour.

These are ten presidents of countries that are
members of the European Union and they will be
anointed as leaders of their countries by
Antichrist. They will either be directly
appointed or will be elected with Antichrist's
"help." The "hour" mentioned in this verse
will be a brief amount of time, possibly a few
months in which they will prepare their military
to attack and then destroy Babylon. After
Babylon is destroyed, they will still be the
leaders in their countries, but Antichrist will
be calling the shots behind the scene and these
leaders will be doing whatever he commands them
to do.

Revelation 17:13 These
have one mind, and they give their power and
authority unto the beast.

This set of ten nations and their presidents
will greatly admire Antichrist and follow his
every command. They will believe
everything he says because when he took over his
control of much of the world at the beginning of
the Tribulation, he did restore some measure of
control over the economy of the world.
They are grateful to him and will just hand over
the control of their military to him.
Thus, whatever conventional and weapons of mass
destruction they possess will be used where ever
and when ever he wants them to be used.

Revelation 17:14 These
shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb
shall overcome them, for he is Lord of
lords, and King of kings; and they [also
shall overcome] that are with him, called
and chosen and faithful.

This verse alludes to the very end of the
Tribulation, when Jesus Christ returns as King
of the Earth. At that time the EU nations
as well as all of the other nations of the world
will attempt to defeat Jesus at the Battle of
Armageddon. Of course, Jesus wins and
completely destroys these armies. Christ's
faithful saints will also accompany Him to earth
when He returns. They have overcome in a
different way than through weapons strength:
they have been faithful to Him while they lived
on earth and when they were in Heaven with
Him. With God's help they overcame their
flesh nature and the temptations of the world.

Revelation 17:15 And he
saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest,
where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and
multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Babylon sits on the waters
of the world, such as a boat rides in
water. The sea is the nations which
Babylon dominates through its economic and
military power. The sea is also
representative of the turmoil between
nations which has happened since the fall of
mankind.

We'll continue discussing Revelation, chapter
17:16 later in this article.

Babylon persecutes ChristiansSeal Five of the Book of Revelation
describes the persecution and destruction of
many of the world's Christians by Babylon during
the first half of the Tribulation. This
is why Almighty God destroys Babylon. He
fulfills His promise to His faithful
believers because Babylon persecutes
and murders many Christians during the first
half of the Tribulation.
He also destroys it because it
continually preaches that there is no God and
that Christians are foolish for having faith in
Jesus Christ. God destroys it because many
of Babylon's leaders and academics believe that
mankind has evolved from apes and that that
there is no god. Hence God destroys it
because it does not give Him the glory, honor
and respect that He deserves. For some
citizens of Babylon, the only time God's name is
used is as a swear word.

Revelation 6:9 And when
he opened the fifth
seal, I saw underneath the altar
the souls of them that had been slain for
the word of God, and for the testimony which
they held:

During the first half of the Tribulation, there
is a phased persecution of Christians. To
begin the Tribulation, there will be made-up
charges against believers in Christ. This
will include all Christians including Catholics,
Protestants, eastern Orthodox, evangelical,
missionary and even home churches. They
will first be denounced on TV, on the Internet
and in news conferences by the leaders of
Babylon. They will then have their savings
and stocks taken away, then their cars and homes
and any other resources such as
businesses. They will then be rounded up
and sent to detention camps around the various
countries of the world, especially in the USA,
since many of its citizens are Christians.
They will be given poor food and be expected to
work long, hard hours in each country they are
arrested in. Near the end of the first
half of the Tribulation, they will be so worn
out that they have no value to accomplish
anything, hence they will be simply executed,
most likely by beheading by guillotine.
Much blood will flow and some of these gruesome
events may even be made public on TV and on the
Internet.

These Christians were slain because they read
and applied Biblical knowledge to how they lived
their lives. They also were witnesses for
Jesus Christ to those guards and supervisors
that controlled them in the detention
camps. They were not afraid to witness for
Him to the unsaved and even to those who treated
them so poorly.

Revelation 6:10 and
they cried with a great voice, saying, How
long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou
not judge and avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth?

Their souls are now in Heaven awaiting their
resurrection. They then want justice to
take place; they want those that were
responsible for their persecution and their
deaths to be brought to justice by Jesus
Christ. They want to know when this
justice will take place.

Revelation 6:11 And
there was given them to each one a white
robe; and it was said unto them, that they
should rest yet for a little time, until
their fellow-servants also and their
brethren, who should be killed even as they
were, should have fulfilled [their course].

We don't know how many Main Harvest Christians'
lives will be taken in the Tribulation, but it
may be most of them. God knows exactly how
many of His saints will be murdered by
Antichrist and He tells them that it won't be
long before the last of His believers is killed
by Antichrist. The fellow-servants
are the Christians and their brethren are
the Gentiles that God saves during the first
half of the Tribulation and many of these that
place their faith in Jesus Christ will also be
murdered, most likely by the guillotine. A
white robe is the garment of good works that
they accomplish during the Tribulation. It
includes Bible study, prayer, helping others and
the worship of Almighty God, even when
persecuted. A literal white robe is also
given to each of these Christians and they will
be able to wear it shortly at the Main Harvest
rapture which will happen at mid-Tribulation;
this is when Main Harvest Christians will
receive their glorious resurrection body.
The white robe will be recognized by all in
Heaven and this will be a sign of honor for
those Christians in the Tribulation that were
faithful unto death.

Main Harvest Rapture

Those Christians that are still alive at
mid-Tribulation will suddenly be taken to Heaven by
Jesus Christ. The unsaved of the world will
know about this event and may even see some of these
Christians just disappear when Jesus initiates the
Main Harvest Rapture of the Church. Because
there is so much destruction going on at that time,
the unsaved will not dwell on or talk much about the
Main Harvest. They will be making plans to
just survive the catastrophic events that will soon
take place. Details of the Main Harvest
Rapture are described in: The Main Harvest
Rapture.

Babylon's destruction

Now back to the grim details of
Babylon's destruction. When all of
Christ's faithful Christians that are to be
murdered by Antichrist is complete, Jesus is
ready to follow through with the destruction
of Babylon that He promised to His martyrs
in Seal Five.Seal sixdescribes this destruction of the
country of Babylon; this destruction is total
and takes place at mid-Tribulation:

Revelation 6:12 And I
saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole
moon became as blood;

Seal Six fulfills a prophecy from the Old
Testament:

Joel 2:31 The sun shall
be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and terrible day of
Jehovah (or the Day of The Lord) cometh.

If you search the Bible, you will find several
other similar passages. This verse summaries
that there will be so much dust thrown into the
atmosphere because of the destruction of
Babylon, that the sun will be difficult to see;
it will be just a small light in the
darkness. This dust will obscure the moon
at night and when you can see it, it will appear
to be red, or blood colored. The time is
mid-Tribulation and The Lord will soon send His
wrath upon the earth. There are two events
that must take place before this Day: Jesus
calls 144,000 out of Israel: 12,000 from each
tribe and they will be His evangelists during
the second half of the Tribulation and He takes
to Heaven all of the remaining Christians in the
Main Harvest Rapture. Thus at this time,
all Christians are in Heaven. When these
two events are complete, God will then send His
wrath upon the earth. The first half of
the Tribulation was just terrible; the second
half will be even worse in terms of destruction.

Revelation 6:13 and the
stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree
casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken
of a great wind.

Here is a picture of unripe figs:

Remember, the Apostle John is giving his
interpretation of the events of Revelation,
chapter 6. So he would not have the
technical knowledge or vocabulary of weapons of
the 21st century hence his use of the word asin this verse. Note
that these unripe figs shown above look somewhat
likethewarheads of
nuclear missiles. They
would be launched from sites around the world
and from nuclear submarines that are in the
oceans around Babylon. The stars would be
the missiles and they would fall at supersonic
speeds from above, from the heavens. The great
wind would be the blazing speed that the
missiles will travel and the sound of the rocket
engines as they move through the
atmosphere. The great wind would also be
the enormous blasts of the atomic weapons as
they detonate over the land of Babylon.

What has happened to the military of
Babylon? Why don't they defend the land
against nuclear missiles? This is a good
question. We know that Antichrist has
decided to destroy Babylon, even though he is
the leader of this great country and we are not
given the reason why he would want to destroy
it.

Revelation 6:14 And the
heaven was removed as a scroll when it
is rolled up; and every mountain and
island were moved out of their places.

The next step
after the missiles are launched and
explode over their targets, great
explosions of the nuclear warheads will
take place. The picture will be
like that of nuclear bombs going off
over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There
will be a great fireball and the smoke
and debris will rise and roll into a
great cloud thousands of feet into the
atmosphere over the cities and military
installations that were targeted.
There could be hundreds or perhaps even
more nuclear weapons exploding over
Babylon and this could cause shifting of
the earth's crust and literally a
world-wide earthquake. This would
move the mountains of the world and the
islands of the seas. Huge tsunamis
would also most likely be triggered
along the coasts of the world and
radioactivity will make living in
Babylon impossible. Those that do
escape being killed by the missile
blasts will die later because of
radiation poisoning.

Revelation 6:15 And the
kings of the earth, and the princes, and the
chief captains, and the rich, and the
strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid
themselves in the caves and in the rocks of
the mountains;

This deadly attack on Babylon effects all of the
nations of the world because within minutes, the
pictures of destruction will be shown on TV all
over the world. The presidents of the
nations of the world and their military
commanders and the citizens of the nations will
be afraid of what could happen to them from the
radiation that will fall on all areas of the
world. They will hide in places that will
afford at least some protection from the
radiation.

Revelation 6:16 and
they say to the mountains and to the rocks,
Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb: Revelation 6:17 for the
great day of their wrath is come; and who is
able to stand?

It's interesting that the destruction of Babylon
is understood by the unsaved as ordained by God.
They will know of the persecution, torture and
murder of God's faithful followers and that all
Christians and any gentiles saved during the
Tribulation have been publicly presented as
"dangerous" by the leaders of the nation of
Babylon.

It's also interesting that the fear of God does
not translate into any kind of repentance by the
unsaved. I guess they are more afraid of
Antichrist than they are of Almighty God.
They somehow know that even more terrible and
destructive events are planned by God upon
tthem. It's a mystery as to why they don't
repent at this point in the Tribulation.

Revelation chapter 18 and chapter 19 describe
Babylon, a nation that exists today and is
described in detail in the following passage:

Revelation 18:1 After
these things I saw another angel coming down
out of heaven, having great authority; and
the earth was lightened with his glory.
This verse does not say directly who this great
angel (messenger) is, but I believe that is the
glorious Savior, Jesus Christ. He
has divine authority and we need to listen
carefully to what He has to say.

Revelation 18:2 And he
cried with a mighty voice, saying, fallen,
fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a
habitation of demons, and a hold of every
unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean
and hateful bird.

There are two components of Babylon: a great
political and military power that
exercises control in the economy, politics and
military of the world and a religious power
that praises both the nation of Babylon and
its leader, Antichrist. Both are fallen,
since they force the people of the world to
agree to a materialistic and self-centered way
of living. Political Babylon continually
stresses to the world that "freedom" is
important. This is not freedom to worship
and serve God, but is instead, the freedom to do
whatever activity you may want to participate
in.

The fallen, fallen
also alludes to two destructions of this
nation. First, political Babylon
will be destroyed at mid-Tribulation and its
destruction will be total and absolute.
Second, religious Babylon will be
destroyed at the end of the Tribulation. The demons
are fallen angels that will influence the
leaders at the highest levels of Babylon. The birds
mentioned here are Antichrist's followers
that are now beginning their persecution of
Christians and will be intensely persecuting
them during the Tribulation. They will be
wielding the whips and the shackles that harm
believers of Jesus Christ. They will be
the judges, analysts and supervisors that steal
the homes, cars, businesses and stocks and money
of Christians that are citizens of
Babylon. They will be the police that
round up Christians and place them in detention
camps that are setup by Antichrist and their
persecution will last for the first half of the
Tribulation.

Revelation 18:3 For by
the wine of the wrath of her fornication all
the nations are fallen; and the kings of the
earth committed fornication with her, and
the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the
power of her wantonness.

The "wine" in this verse is the result of
Babylon indoctrinating the world nations with
her philosophy of self-indulgence and rejection
of the worship and service to God. So most
of the world's nations have succumb to Babylon's
indoctrination. The rest of the world is
also persecuting and murdering Main Harvest
Christians, just like Babylon does. Again,
those merchants that supply the luxury goods
that Babylon buys and the large cargo ships that
haul these products are becoming exceeding
rich. This is a wealth that is not stable
and will soon fall, at mid-Tribulation.

Revelation 18:4 And I
heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye
have no fellowship with her sins, and that
ye receive not of her plagues:

This verse is directed to the Christians of
today, even before the beginning of the
Tribulation. Jesus encourages us to not
engage in self-adoration and in gaining and
being controlled by wealth while in this
world. He encourages us to remain faithful
to Him by studying and obeying the Holy
Bible. This verse alludes to the First
Fruits Rapture that takes place just before the
beginning of the Tribulation. Those
believers that faithfully obey Christ and watch
for His return will completely miss all seven
years of the Tribulation and thus not be
persecuted by Babylon. The plagues are the
persecutions that will be inflicted by Babylon
upon the Main Harvest Christians, those that
were left behind because before the Tribulation
began they were not very faithful to Jesus
Christ.

Revelation 18:5 for her
sins have reached even unto heaven, and God
hath remembered her iniquities.
God is very patient with humans. However,
once a person or country crosses the line
regarding the sins they commit, then God has had
enough and He will then take action against that
person or country and the results will not be
pleasant. With this verse, Babylon has
continued to sin against God and against His
people, the Christians of the world and to be
disrespectful of Him and He is now ready to take
serious and destructive actions against this
great nation. He now tells us the
consequences of her sin. Remember what
happened to the people of the world that tried
to build a tower to heaven (Genesis chapter
11)? At that time God caused many
different languages to be spoken and to disrupt
and stop the building of the great tower at
Babel. God's judgment upon end-times
Babylon will be much greater than His judgment
upon Babel.

Revelation 18:6 Render
unto her even as she rendered, and double
[unto her] the double according to her
works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle
unto her double.

Jesus says in this verse that it is time for
retribution for Babylon persecuting Christians
and for rejecting honoring God. This
request is lifted up by Main Harvest Christians
in seal five and Jesus is now ready to destroy
Babylon. This destruction will be much
greater than the destruction and murder of
Christians by Babylon in the first half of the
Tribulation. After the destruction that
God ordains is complete, Babylon will be piles
of radioactive debris.

Revelation 18:7 How
much soever she glorified herself, and waxed
wanton, so much give her of torment and
mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit
a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no
wise see mourning.

The "how great I am" message will continually be
brought up when heads of state meet with the
national leaders of Babylon and continually in
the television programs and on the
Internet. Because of its enormous military
capability, it believes that no nation can
defeat it. It believes that it is
invincible and will never suffer a defeat of any
kind. In all of its wars, it has won
victories; it's last battle will be it's only
defeat.

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day shall her plagues come,
death, and mourning, and famine; and she
shall be utterly burned with fire; for
strong is the Lord God who judged her.

Babylon will be destroyed at mid-Tribulation and
it will only take about an hour for the nuclear
missiles to completely destroy its cities,
industry and military (Rev. 18:17). The
Lord God has decreed that this destruction will
happen and His judgment is irrevocable.

Revelation 18:9-10 And
the kings of the earth, who committed
fornication and lived wantonly with her,
shall weep and wail over her, when they look
upon the smoke of her burning, standing afar off
for the fear of her torment, saying,
Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon,
the strong city! for in one hour is
thy judgment come.
Babylon makes many other countries of the world
rich by buying their goods and because she has
been completely destroyed, they know that their
luxurious living will also soon cease.
Repeating is the message that the presidents of
the nations of the world have followed the
message that she continually preaches: buy
and sell goods and live it up. The
monies that Babylon pays them for their
luxurious goods are now dried up. The
smoke from the burning of the factories,
buildings and homes will be viewed via TV, cable
and the Internet for weeks and the inhabitants
of the world will be fearful. They will
also be fearful of the radiation that will
spread across the world and there will be at
least some effects of the radiation of the
nuclear fallout upon the nations of the
world. They don't really care about
Babylon or its people, but they are sad because
their wealth will soon disappear.

Revelation 18:11 And
the merchants of the earth weep and mourn
over her, for no man buyeth their
merchandise any more;

What can the businessmen of the world do with
those luxurious goods that they have
manufactured or grown because they now have
little worth? Most of the rest of the
world does not have the capital to buy these
expensive goods and the cargo ship owners are
also in turmoil: what merchandise will they now
haul? Both groups of businessmen will
shortly go bankrupt with few buyers of their
goods and services. Their situation will
be like many businesses of the world were in
1929. They will have little or no income.

Revelation 18:12
merchandise of gold, and silver, and
precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen,
and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all
thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and
every vessel made of most precious wood, and
of brass, and iron, and marble;

Little explanation is needed for these
items. They are the most expensive and
beautiful items that money can buy and only the
richest people can afford these items in any
quantity. They adorn themselves with the
most beautiful jewelry and their houses with
beautiful hardwood floors, granite counter tops,
vessels of marble, iron for their expensive
fences and bridges and brass for
decorations for their homes.

Revelation 18:13 and
cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and
ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and
oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle,
and sheep; and [merchandise] of horses and
chariots and slaves; and souls of men.

Imported are spices that make their food more
appealing and tasty. They use the most
fragrant perfumes from France. The wines
are aged and the fine meats are wonderfully
cooked by their expert chefs. The chariots
are automobiles and trucks from Japan, Korea and
Europe. The slaves and souls are household
and sex slaves that are bought from Africa and
Asia and exploited by the richest people in
Babylon. Slavery has not disappeared in
Babylon, it is just rarely commented on by the
media.

Revelation 18:14 And
the fruits which thy soul lusted after are
gone from thee, and all things that were
dainty and sumptuous are perished from thee,
and [men] shall find them no more at all.

Most of the people of Babylon are now
dead. Hence, they will not be able to
import anything. After Babylon's destruction,
the few remaining alive with be fortunate to
have bread and canned meat to eat. It's
interesting--that since all Christians were
moved to detention camps to be exploited, those
that have not been murdered will be among the
few that will actually be alive after Babylon's
destruction. Very shortly, Jesus will
summon them to Heaven in the Main Harvest
Rapture.

Revelation 18:15-17 The
merchants of these things, who were made
rich by her, shall stand afar off for the
fear of her torment, weeping and mourning; saying, Woe, woe, the great
city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and
purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and
precious stone and pearl, for in an hour so great
riches is made desolate. And every
shipmaster, and every one that saileth any
wither, and mariners, and as many as gain
their living by sea, stood afar off,

How long will it take to destroy Babylon?
One hour is the answer given in the above
verse. It is not only destroyed by nuclear
weapons, but the country is made uninhabitable
by the residual radiation that will be on much
of the land.

The valuable and desirable goods of merchandise
and food will be brought into Babylon ports by
huge cargo ships. These ships are mainly
owned by foreign companies and individual
owners. Because much of their income
is made by hauling cargo to Babylon, many will
be out of business because they will not be
asked to haul any expensive cargo to Babylon
after its destruction.

Revelation 18:18 and
cried out as they looked upon the smoke of
her burning, saying, What [city] is like the
great city?

These rich ship owners and the companies and
individuals that produce the fine goods that
Babylon imports will soon be bankrupt.
They admit that Babylon is the great "bank
account" that finances their lifestyle, which
also includes luxurious living.

Revelation 18:19 And
they cast dust on their heads, and cried,
weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the
great city, wherein all that had their ships
in the sea were made rich by reason of her
costliness! for in one
hour is she made desolate.

These ship owners and luxury goods merchants of
the world are now giving up. It is like
the 4th quarter of a football game in which you
are 30 points behind and only have one minute to
play. You know that you have already lost
and there is no hope for victory. You see
on your TV what the losers do--some even cry;
there is great sadness in the defeat.

What will they do with their great cargo
ships? ---They will just be tied up to
piers and rust away. In only one hour of time
this great country is destroyed and is now a
radioactive graveyard; it will take many, many
years for the radiation to dissipate.
Again it is mentioned that only one hour
is needed to completely destroy this great
nation.

Jeremiah 50:9 For, lo,
I will stir up and cause to come up against
Babylon a company of great nations from the
north country; and they shall set themselves
in array against her; from thence she shall
be taken: their arrows shall be as of an
expert mighty man; none shall return in
vain.

Missiles will head over the north pole from
Russia, Europe and possibly China. Nuclear
submarines will also line up in the oceans
around Babylon and send their missiles into
Babylon. The destruction date and hour
will be specified by Antichrist for these
nations that send nuclear missiles onto Babylon
and because advanced technology will be used by
these countries to navigate their missiles, each
will hit their target; there will be no misses.

God has now done what He said He would do in
Seal Five: "Shortly I will avenge your blood on
those that persecuted and murdered you."
Those people mentioned in this verse are the
writers of the Old and New Testaments that have
penned these verses that were inspired by
God. They are also those few prophets of
today that have studied their Bibles and are
interpreting and making public in books and on
the Internet the meaning of these prophetic
verses.

Revelation 18:21 And a
strong angel took up a stone as it were a
great millstone and cast it into the sea,
saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall
Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and
shall be found no more at all.

If a great millstone, a stone that weighs
several tons, were thrown into the sea, it would
make a giant splash and throw much water into
the air. It would also be irretrievable
because it would quickly sink to the bottom of
the sea never to be seen again. The only
remembrance of Babylon will be its destruction
as recorded in the books of Revelation,
Daniel and Jeremiah. None of its victories
in war and accomplishments in science, medicine,
industry, art, sports, theater and music will be
remembered.

Revelation 18:22 And
the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute
players and trumpeters shall be heard no
more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at
all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall
be heard no more at all in thee;
This verse describes the great orchestras, jazz
groups, country music and rock and roll bands
that make music in Babylon. It also
describes the artists, furniture and musical
instrument makers and those people that make
arts and crafts for a living. It describes that
Babylon is also a great grain producer in the
world. All of these people, their
equipment and their products and music will be
no more. They will all be destroyed and
will never be heard from again. Many
countries that are poor in wheat, rice, corn,
soy and other grains will see starvation for
their people because Babylon no longer grows and
exports these grains.

Revelation 18:23 and
the light of a lamp shall shine no more at
all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom
and of the bride shall be heard no more at
all in thee: for thy merchants were the
princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery
were all the nations deceived.

The great lights both on the streets and in the
homes, hotels, event arenas, and vehicles will
just be turned off all at once because the
nuclear and electrical power plants will also be
destroyed by nuclear weapons. The great
billionaires of this nation will be no
more. They will control no one, because
their bank accounts, resources and power will
completely vanish. Because of their great
wealth, these rich companies have driven the
commerce of the world. However, they are
no more and the materialism that was their
"religion" will not be preached after Babylon's
destruction. There will be no more
marriages in Babylon because those young men and
women that would ordinarily be marrying will now
be ashes.

Revelation 18:24 And in
her was found the blood of prophets and of
saints, and of all that have been slain upon
the earth.Since the time of Nimrod who built
the temple at Babel, the philosophy of self
indulgence has been high on the list for most
countries and religions. Those prophets
and saints that presented the word from God that
He wanted them to live a righteous life and to
avoid evil were many times persecuted, tortured
and even murdered by the leaders of the
countries of the world from Nimrod's day until
today. Since the sins of the flesh and of
materialism were considered something all should
participate in, many peoples of the countries of
the world thought this was a great idea and
simply followed what they were told to do: to
sin by worshiping money and what it can
buy. Babylon's lifestyle has been adopted
in one form or another by the great nations of
history: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia,
Greece, and Rome. So the Babylon in this
verse is the evil political, military and
religious leaders of the nations of the world
that incorporate Babylonian practices throughout
history.

Revelation 19:1 After
these things I heard as it were a great
voice of a great multitude in heaven,
saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory,
and power, belong to our God:

The voice of this great multitude are the Main
Harvest Christians that rejoice because God has
taken His vengeance upon Babylon because they
disrespect Him and persecute His people. Those
that were murdered will be be resurrected by
Jesus and those still alive will be raptured to
Heaven and then receive their resurrection
bodies. The First Fruits Christians will
also join in with this great celebration and
time of giving thanks to God for their
redemption.

Revelation 19:2 for
true and righteous are his judgments; for he
hath judged the great harlot, her that
corrupted the earth with her fornication,
and he hath avenged the blood of his
servants at her hand.

The request of Christians to God to destroy
Babylon in seal five has now taken place;
political and military Babylon no longer exists
and the first half of the Tribulation is almost
over. The two events that finish this half
of the Tribulation are Jesus calling 144,000
Jewish evangelists to preach to the Gentiles of
the world and for Jesus to take His Main Harvest
Christians to Heaven. The Day of the Lord
is at hand and God will shortly vent His wrath
upon the unrepentant people and nations of the
world.

Antichrist moves his capital to
Jerusalem

We are not told exactly when Antichrist
will move his headquarters from Babylon to
Jerusalem, but it would have to be before
Babylon's destruction at mid-Tribulation.
This move would most likely be right after the
destruction of the Muslim nations around Israel
(Seal Two -
Ezekiel 38 and 39) and he will then have
his headquarters in Jerusalem and control
the world from there.Religious Babylon is Destroyed
Finally, Revelation chapter 16 describes the
destruction of religious Babylon:

Revelation 16:17 And
the seventh poured out his bowl upon the
air; and there came forth a great voice out
of the temple, from the throne, saying, It
is done:

At the very end of the seven year
Tribulation, the seventh bowl of God's wrath
upon the world is poured out and His destruction
of the unsaved of the world is complete.
When Jesus says it is done, all evil
forces of the world have been destroyed.
He is ready to return to the earth as its King.

Revelation 16:18 and
there were lightnings, and voices, and
thunders; and there was a great earthquake,
such as was not since there were men upon
the earth, so great an earthquake, so
mighty.

This will be the most destructive earthquake
ever felt upon the earth; it could be a
magnitude ten or even higher in
destruction. It will effect the ring
of faults around both the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans and all of the faults of the earth will
quake and many will die.

Revelation 16:19 And
the great city was divided into three parts,
and the cities of the nations fell: and
Babylon the great was remembered in the
sight of God, to give unto her the cup of
the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

The earthquake mentioned will cause three great
chasms to appear in Jerusalem and many will die
as a result of this earthquake. All of the
people participating in the false worship of
Antichrist will die as well as all of the
religious artifacts will be destroyed, including
the image of the beast. We know that
later, Jesus will have both Antichrist and the
False Prophet arrested and judged for their
sins. After their judgment, both will be
cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone and
will remain there in torment forever.
Thus, political/military Babylon will be
destroyed at mid-Tribulation and religious
Babylon at the end of the Tribulation.

Who plots Babylon's destruction?

Revelation 17:16 And
the ten horns which thou sawest, and the
beast, these shall hate the harlot, and
shall make her desolate and naked, and shall
eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly
with fire.

The ten horns mentioned in this verse present a
challenge to understand: What nations do they
represent? If they are ten nations out of
the European Union, as of today, could they
produce all of the nuclear missiles and the
technology to actually wipe out the great nation
of Babylon? Of this I am not sure. I
know that both France and the UK have some
nuclear capabilities, but I am not sure that
they have the number of nuclear missiles
necessary to completely wipe out Babylon.
I know that although Russia has downsized the
number of its nuclear weapons since it became a
democratic nation, it still has large numbers of
these weapons. They would have enough
nuclear missiles and the submarines and other
delivery systems to completely destroy Babylon,
so Russia could at least be a participant in the
destruction of Babylon. The nation of
China also has some number of nuclear missiles
and could also send nuclear missiles over
Babylon.

The beast is Antichrist. When he assumes
power and controls much of the world, will he
enlist Russia and China along with UK, France
and perhaps six other nations to attack and
destroy Babylon at mid-Tribulation?
Whoever they are, there will be ten nations that
will do whatever Antichrist tells them to do
including using their nuclear weapons to destroy
Babylon. During the Tribulation there is
great hate for Babylon because it controls much
of the world. It is hated because the
people of this nation live so much better than
most peoples of the world and because it
controls the economies, political systems,
religions and military of the nations of the
world. It functions like Rome did in the
time of Jesus but its control is far beyond
Europe and the lands around the Mediterranean
Sea. It tells everyone and every nation
what to do and some nations more than
others. The "kings of the east": China,
Japan, Korea, India and possibly other countries
will have more independence from Antichrist than
most western countries will have.

Revelation 17:17 For
God did put in their hearts to do his mind,
and to come to one mind, and to give their
kingdom unto the beast, until the words of
God should be accomplished.

Now, Almighty God could destroy Babylon directly
by Himself by sending down fire and brimstone on
this great nation, just like He did to destroy
Sodom and Gomorrah in the time of Abraham and
Lot. But He also uses nature and the
military of the nations to accomplish what He
wants done. So for this destruction, He
simply implants in Antichrist's mind and in the
minds of the leaders of the ten nations of Rev
17:16 the idea that Babylon needs to be
destroyed. Since God has planned this, it
will happen. After Babylon is destroyed,
the power of Antichrist will be weakened because
after the destruction designed by God upon
Babylon is completed, these ten nations leaders
will resume control of their own
countries. After Babylon is destroyed, the
Main Harvest Rapture will take place and Jesus
will call His 144,000 faithful followers from
the twelve tribes of Israel to be His
missionaries to the rest of the world.
Then, the Day of the Lord will take place where
Almighty God will send destruction on the
unsaved people of the world and will last the
second half of the Tribulation.

Revelation 17:18 And
the woman whom thou sawest is the great
city, which reigneth over the kings of the
earth.

This verse
confirms that Babylon will control the world
as if it were one nation. Initially,
Antichrist will be the president of this
great nation and the great city is
the capital of this country. This
country reigns, just as a king would have
absolute control over its citizens and
through fear, force the other nations of the
world to do its bidding.God has given
Babylon an opportunity to repentAlmighty God
will reluctantly destroy Babylon
during the Tribulation because He gives this
great country more than one opportunity to
repent from its sinful and destructive ways
and to turn to Him for forgiveness and
spiritual healing but its leaders and
citizens refuse to repent of their evil
ways. Here are the verses from
Jeremiah 51:8-9:

Babylon is suddenly
fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take
balm for her pain, if so be she may be
healed. We would have healed
Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake
her, and let us go every one into his
own country; for her judgment reacheth
unto heaven, and is lifted up even to
the skies.
After Babylon has been destroyed by nuclear
missiles, the few remaining people that are alive
will return to their own countries. Perhaps
the nations of the world will send in planes and
boats to take their citizens back home.

The great country of Babylon has actually been given
many opportunities to be healed from its sin.
However, almost all of its leaders and its people
have said no when asked to repent of their
sins and turn to God for forgiveness and
mercy. If they had done what the city of
Nineveh did when Jonah preached that they all needed
to repent of their evil ways, God would have
forgiven them and restored them (Book of
Jonah). The people and king of Nineveh
repented in sackcloth and ashes and God decided not
to destroy the city.

Who is Babylon?

The Revelation verses that describe the
import of luxurious goods and foods describe
a nation that has much money to spend upon
these items. Almost all of the items
mentioned in the above verses are not really
needed just to survive so we need to look
for a nation that places a great emphasis on
importing very large quantities of these
expensive items and living an extravagant
lifestyle. It would also need to have
great piers for docking container ships and
loading facilities to handle unloading huge
quantities of these goods and it would also
need great distribution centers, malls,
stores and outlets for these goods.
Finally, it would need to advertise to its
citizens that these expensive and desirable
items are for sale and that you need to buy
them. What country do you think that
the Babylon of Revelation is?

Are today's Christians tempted by
Babylon?

I can speak for myself--I am affected by the
emphasis in the media on acquiring things
and experiencing vacations and learning
about UFO's and learning how to properly
cook my wild salmon filets and how to
stretch my back muscles to relieve pressure
on my spine and so on; I need to also spend
my time in enjoying myself; in making use of
the gadgets that I have spent my money
on. I need to get out on the road in
my new car and to experience how it handles
on curvy roads and how wonderful its stereo
system sounds. That cruise on the
luxury liner in the Caribbean sea could be
just wonderful; I could eat three full meals
a day and even have a midnight buffet.
Why I could gain five pounds on a week's
cruise. With so much stuff out there I
can buy, even if retired, I could spend much
of my day just enjoying myself.

Do
you get the idea? These
temptations make it so easy to
diminish your time studying the
Bible and your prayer and fellowship
time with God. The temptations
of today are probably the most
difficult testing that a Christians
can have: even more than being
persecuted. God knows of these
temptations but he lets us decide
what we want to do with our
lives. He lets us decide what
is really valuable to
us. We can give into the
temptations of today or we can spend
time loving, worshiping and obeying
our God. What we as Christians
do with our lives today will
determine what will happen to us
when the time of the Tribulation
begins. If we are watching for
Christ's return and are His
disciples we will miss all seven
years of the Tribulation. If
we are spending much of our time
enjoying the pleasures of the world,
we will be severely tested by
Antichrist as Christians
Left Behind.

Final Thoughts

I realize that I have presented several
complex and difficult to understand ideas
about the Antichrist, the False Prophet, and
the the rise and fall of end-times political
and religious Babylon. However, my
observation is that there are few leaders of
today's Christian churches that are
delivering to their congregations the "meat
of the word" messages -- the complex and
challenging ideas in the Holy Bible, such as
end-times prophecy. To be obedient to
God pastors, deacons and teachers need to
obey the following scripture, Matthew
24:45-46:

45
Who then is a faithful and wise servant,
whom his lord hath made ruler over His
household, to give them meat in due season?46 Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.

The ruler over His household is
the pastor of each church and the meat in
due season are the in-depth, difficult to
understand verses about end-times prophecy and
their explanation by the pastors. The due
season is the day and year which God
decides to make His messages about the end
times understandable and I believe that this
is today: 2013. As stated, there will be
great reward for those that study and teach
their congregation about end-times
prophecy. However, today, few pastors
are delivering the meat of the word sermons
and Bible studies, and the church members are
by-and-large not studying for themselves the
difficult to understand verses, such as in the
Books of Daniel and Revelation. If you
read the subsequent verses: Matthew 24:47-51,
warnings are given to the pastors that there
are serious consequences for not obeying the
verses shown above. I suggest that
you read these verses for yourself.